Welcome To Otter Geospatial

This website came about because a number of things that I care
about have an information-sharing component. I 'm a notoriously bad
communicator and I've decided to see if the Internet can help me
out. One of my passions is working with students of geospatial
technology (geographic information systems, GPS mapping,
computerized cartography, remote sensing, etc). I believe this to
be a very important field, primarily because it teaches us a lot
about how the Earth and its occupants are tied to one another: but
also because it offers significant career opportunities. There are
job opportunities in the geospatial technology field itself, and
equally important are those areas of endeavor that apply the
technology in pursuit of academic, governance or business
goals.

So here's my basic premise. "In the field of geospatial
technology the learnining process doesn't really take off until one
is engaged in a real project on a topic of real interest". But the
complexity of the subject matter and its dependence on prerequisite
knowledge are barriers to diving right in on real work. The purpose
of this site is to be there with helpful information when students
are pushing ahead and hit obstacles they aren't prepared for -
Mike Stiefvater